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Is it really necessary to ask those you love why? He can give nothing but his love.

— Claude La Colombière

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If the grown-ups saw what the little ones suffered, there would be few unhappy people in the world.

Her sin [of a soul] is always on the side of those who offend her, and forces her to confess that they are right.

I am not at all surprised that the passion has been declared an excess. And indeed it is an excess of love of Jesus Christ.

Imperfect souls believe that if one is not angry, one cannot tell one's ailments to the whole world.

There are two kinds of penances, both necessary for a perfect return to God: inner and outer penance.

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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

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Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

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